Alabama

Foreign registration · no form number

Missouri LLC Foreign Registration in Alabama

Alabama registers an LLC from Missouri as a foreign LLC on an online registration (no form number), with $184 in state fees. Alabama asks nothing of Missouri here, not even the Certificate of Good Standing. We file it with the Secretary of State, Business Entities Division using your Missouri records and act as your registered agent there for the first year.

What Missouri and Alabama each ask for

	Missouri formed here	Alabama registering here
Document	Missouri Certificate of Good Standing (not needed here)	Foreign Limited Liability Company Application for Registration (no form number)
State fee	$10	$184 at order (filing fee $150 plus charges collected at filing)
How it is handled	Missouri: online with a verification number anyone can check, or by mail	Filed online with Alabama
Office	Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Division	Alabama Secretary of State, Business Entities Division
Official page	sos.mo.gov	sos.alabama.gov
Yearly filing	No annual report	Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, fee set by the state, every year
Agent	Your Missouri registered agent	Our Alabama registered agent

How Missouri companies register with Alabama

We prepare and file the registration
It lists us as your Alabama registered agent, next to your Missouri name and formation date. Nothing has to come from Missouri first, so the Alabama filing can go in right away. After approval, your Missouri LLC is registered with Alabama.

Your Missouri name and Alabama's rules

Alabama accepts your Missouri name if it includes limited liability company, L.L.C. or LLC. If the Missouri name already ends in LLC, it meets the rule. If Alabama's records show it taken, you can use an alternate name for the Missouri company. Alabama can hold a name for $25 before you file.

Agents: Alabama and Missouri

Missouri and Alabama both call it a registered agent. Alabama papers come to us; Missouri's agent is unchanged.

Yearly filings: Alabama and Missouri

Missouri has no annual report for LLCs; Alabama wants the Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report every year. Both states' filings stay current side by side.

LLC or corporation, Missouri to Alabama

A corporation formed in Missouri files its own registration with Alabama ($184 in state fees, the same). After that come Missouri's Corporate Registration Report ($15) and Alabama's Business Privilege Tax return (Form CPT). See the corporation filing.

Registering an Alabama company in Missouri

An LLC formed in Alabama that registers with Missouri files Form LLC 4 with $105 in state fees, plus the Certificate of Existence ($25) dated within 60 days. See that filing.

Common questions: Missouri to Alabama

Does my Missouri company need to register in Alabama?

Yes, once a Missouri business operates there; Alabama registers it as a foreign LLC.

How much does it cost to register a Missouri LLC in Alabama?

$383 at checkout, with nothing to pay Missouri.

Do I need Missouri's certificate of good standing?

No, Alabama takes the registration without it.

What are the yearly costs for Missouri and Alabama?

Our registered agent renewal ($149 a year), no Missouri yearly report and Alabama's report (fee set by the state).

What if I don't register with Alabama?

A Missouri company cannot sue in court there until it registers.

Does Alabama require a registered agent?

Yes: the Missouri registered agent stays, and ours covers Alabama for year one, with a street address there.

Will Alabama accept my Missouri name?

Yes, if no company there has it; if one does, it uses an alternate name there and keeps its Missouri name at home. Alabama names must include limited liability company, L.L.C. or LLC.

Can I form a new Alabama LLC instead?

Yes, but Missouri keeps the original, so you run two companies: the new one files Alabama's Form PPT — Alabama Business Privilege Tax Return and Annual Report, and Missouri has no yearly report for the original.

How do I withdraw from Alabama later?

Missouri companies leave by filing a Foreign LLC Certificate of Withdrawal ($100); until then, Alabama's report stays due alongside Missouri's filings.

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